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Mental <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Promotion</strong> in Northern Ireland<br />

CATEGORY 1<br />

Project name<br />

Contact name<br />

Address<br />

Mental Well Being At Work in The Northern Ireland Civil Service<br />

(NICS)<br />

Victor Douglas – <strong>Health</strong>y Workplace Adviser<br />

NICS Occupational <strong>Health</strong> Service<br />

Lincoln Building<br />

27-45 Great Victoria Street<br />

Belfast<br />

BT2 7AD<br />

Telephone number 01232 251715<br />

Brief description of project<br />

Objectives<br />

A 5 point action plan to promote mental wellbeing and prevent<br />

mental ill health among employees of the Northern Ireland Civil<br />

Service (NICS:<br />

• Mental well-being at work policy.<br />

• Guidance on policy implementation.<br />

• Survey of mental health status and coping skills.<br />

• Seminars and other information exchange.<br />

• Interactive stress training package for groups of employees.<br />

• To promote greater awareness and understanding of mental health<br />

in general and stress at work in particular.<br />

• To enable the NICS to comply with statutory health and safety and<br />

other employment obligations.<br />

• To protect the mental wellbeing of NICS employees at work.<br />

• To enhance organisational performance.<br />

Outcomes: Planned • Survey<br />

• Training package<br />

• Further seminars<br />

Actual<br />

• Policy and guidance<br />

• Seminar<br />

• Research<br />

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